Thread: MSD Coils

I would advise against the MSD wires, they are well known to cause problems. Some people get lucky, but they're the exception.

Originally Posted by Scimmia

I would advise against the MSD wires, they are well known to cause problems. Some people get lucky, but they're the exception.

Proof? Maybe I just haven't been around long enough but everyone I know with them loves them and you sure as hell can't beat the price. If I wanted to spend a piss load of money on spark plug wires I would have bought PRJ's.

Originally Posted by bluegtp91

Proof? Maybe I just haven't been around long enough but everyone I know with them loves them and you sure as hell can't beat the price. If I wanted to spend a piss load of money on spark plug wires I would have bought PRJ's.

I wish the search wasn't so useless on CGP. There have been so many threads over there of people who's car ran worse on MSD wires. I've also talked to a number of shop owners that tell me one of their first steps in troubleshooting is to remove the MSD wires if they're installed. MSD wires are cheap for a reason, they're far inferior to the stock wires. Very little winding and inconsistent spacing on the winding, all leading to poor conduction and poor suppression. As I said, they can work, but the results are very inconsistent. The simple truth is that Taylor wire (used in the PRJ wires) has between 10 and 16 times as much winding as MSD wires (and Magnecore has 4 times the amount of Taylor )